VOLVO V50 · 1.6D DRIVe Sport · Wagon · 2009 ‐ 2010

From 2009 Volvo started manufacture of cars model V50, modification of 1.6D DRIVe Sport and finished it in 2010. The weight of the car is 1.3 tons and a length of 4.5 meters, It is shaped as wagon with five doors, and can be placed in a 5 person including the driver.

«V50 1.6D DRIVe Sport» have a front wheel drive vehicle with a 5-speed manual transmission. The 4-cylinders diesel motor engine with «common rail system» can produce power 109 horsepower at 4000 rmp, which allows you to speed up the automobile for 11.5 seconds to 100 km/h and get ceiling speed of 190 km/h.

Gas tank volume of this vehicle is 52 l of diesel, therefore when intermediate fuel consumption is 4.5 l per 100 km (3.8 l on the suburban, 5.7 liters in the city), that let you drive approximately 1156 km unrefueled.

The front wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 300 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 278 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage with help of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the next size - 205/50R17.

According to the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V50 got the maximal quantity of stars - five, indicating that it is a very safe automobile. In addition to passive safety (driver, passenger, side, head/curtain airbags), it is also has dynamic safety systems such as EBD, Brake assistant, Traction control, ABS, ESP.